Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

minkfarmer you talking about your car or what?!?

also, those falcon xc coupe go for stupid money these days.

Jon - gunmetal will be a great choice. Like the wheels too.
When do you think you'll get started?

Like the 'stangs...I think Ford have something pretty special with the
new 32 valve 5.0 motor. Saw a couple of white boss mustangs last time in LA and they look and sound fantastic. New camaros are eveywhere over there, same with the challengers (they look better in the flesh)

brilliant.

Yep. Talking about my car.

I think I'll end up getting the wheels sooner than having the paint job done as I'll need the car for all of April and most of May. Best case paint in June. Ideally summertime though. I don't have a sprayer lined up yet and also I'll have to painstakingly source all the seals for the car, many of which I'm sure will have to be 2nd hand. The rear wing windows for example seem to be absolutely impossible to get seals for and mine are rotten. It will be nice to look at the o/s wing mirror and not constantly notice the moss growing at the window seal though! ;)

Wheels should be all together a quicker affair. Waiting on the dealers to get some more in which should be 2-5 weeks

Once done though she will be transformed. Will drop her on the air suspension as much as I can without rubbing and she'll corner like she's on rails.

She'll corner less like a super tanker.

haha. i do have a decent rear anti-roll on her which makes a huge difference, but yeah an Elise she ain't. Prob chuck a front roll-bar on as well, although there isn't much room for it.

Any developments on the RS2?

Need the new job first.

forgot your engine crane?!

Demontaż silnika w golfie - YouTube

When I was a kid there was a main road running past our village.
I heard a loud crash crash and went down to have a look.

The engine of one of the cars engines had been torn out and had crashed through a garden fence about 20 metres away.

^^Absolutely hilarious. Probably all a mk3 is good for ;) #jokingVU.

Having said that a near neighbour is currently stripping a mk3 GTi for banger racing. Amazing.

Anyway just picked this up from PH and thought it was funny.

Hold on to your driving gloves, it's another bumper Porsche post. Richie, quick, avert your gaze!

You Know You Own A TT Gallardo When…

-When a girl asks if you are single and you lift the rear bonnet and say ….twin.
-You have started to only race crotch rockets because they are the only competition.

• When someone asks you to sell your car for the blue book you just laugh at their stupidity
  
• A Ferrari that run’s 10′s is still a piece of shit.
  
• When you no longer snore, but make boost and blow-off-valve noises in your sleep.
  
• You care more about the car than work
  
• Your car only makes 1000hp+ on low boost and pump gas.
  
• You’re the only one at the track running under10’s and/or 200MPH on street tires.
  
• You walk to work in the cold convincing yourself that you’ve got a sweet car, meanwhile the GTT is nice and toasty in the garage…
  
• You hunt down other GTT owners even when you are in your dd and wave only to get a puzzled face
  
• You go through tires almost as fast as gas
  

tl:dr

worth reading, I have promised myself to work my ass off until I can afford one

Not worth reading, numerous duplicates or near-duplicates, very few interesting ones and even fewer clever ones. Took me two passes to get through it. Wouldn't have bothered only I can't sleep and I hoped it would send me off.

dont blame me, blame robert himler - im tired too so my excuse for a post like that hah

Jesus, V-L, Robert Himler sounds about as inspiring his namesake. Couldn't be arsed to read it all but random ones made me gag.

Should add a couple at the end:

"Akela once touched you in a special place"
or
"everyone laughs at your tiny winky in the showers"

Whilst impressive is a useless endeavour in more ways than I care to mention. Much like NRE's engines.

Either Joe or Saadat were talking about how cool a sleeper Prius would be.. 1100hp do it for ya?

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Me, I said I'd buy a Prius the day I could afford/have the know-how to shoe-horn a 1JZ in there. I believe Joe tried to punch me after I said it.

Man I don't even know what a 1JZ is!

(quite curious though...)

Lol.

BOOM!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17196910
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/geneva-motor-show/279736/bentley_4x4_revealed.html

^ A Bentley SUV?! Jesus wept.